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DarylS
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Re: Homemade bp
18/09/11 11:14 AM

Tom- I've made my own caps with a Forester Tap-O-Cap die mounted in the rockchucker. For formula I used 5 parts potassium chlorate, 1 part sublmed (flour of) sulfer and 1 part ground up briquets.

This bastic formula of 5:1:1 made with 19th century produces can be highly unstable. Mine seemed to be stable, but what do I know? The forumla apparently was outlawed in England as being unstable with mixed in a slurry, as I did.

A single drop of 'solution' was dripper into each 'cap', probably drying and hardening into a disk about .010" thick. They were VERY hot caps.

Today, the a stock of the compound might be construed as explosives - of that possibility, I don't know either but am highly suspicious.

Sifted into a .22 Stinger's hollow cavity then sealed over with a swipe of beeswax, then fired, would cut off a 1" willow tree. Sifted into a 3/8" diameter hole drilled into .58 Minnie balls(bullets), then sealed over with beeswax would cut off a 12" to 14" diameter aspen)poplar).

These homemade caps kept me in shooting during a time when caps were not available except in Vancouver, BC. Shipping was not possible for me. Living in the bush at that time created some supply problems.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Homemade bp	Tatume	15/09/11 08:51 AM
Re: Homemade bp	gatsby	15/09/11 09:34 AM
Re: Homemade bp	jaguarxk120	15/09/11 10:10 AM
Re: Homemade bp	500Nitro	15/09/11 10:36 AM
Re: Homemade bp	DarylS	15/09/11 11:47 AM
Re: Homemade bp	NitroX	15/09/11 04:51 PM
Re: Homemade bp	lancaster	17/09/11 02:18 PM
Re: Homemade bp	Dr_Deer	17/09/11 02:41 PM
Re: Homemade bp	Squarebridge	18/09/11 12:40 AM
Re: Homemade bp	NitroX	19/09/11 12:54 AM
Re: Homemade bp	Tatume	19/09/11 02:25 AM
Re: Homemade bp	DarylS	19/09/11 05:21 AM
Re: Homemade bp	BillfromOregon	04/10/11 02:01 AM
Re: Homemade bp	DarylS	05/10/11 09:27 AM
Re: Homemade bp	Tatume	05/10/11 09:33 AM
Re: Homemade bp	500Nitro	18/09/11 07:55 AM
Re: Homemade bp	Tatume	18/09/11 08:37 AM
Re: Homemade bp	DarylS	18/09/11 11:14 AM
Re: Homemade bp	poprivit	18/09/11 03:09 AM
Re: Homemade bp	500Nitro	15/09/11 08:58 AM

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